From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishMinister/Department of the InteriorMinister/Department of the InteriorPGthe government minister or department that deals with matters within a country rather than abroad → interior
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Minister/Department of the Interior• Former officers at the camp were arrested after the revelations and the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Col.-Gen.• He had accused the Minister of the Interior and police chiefs of taking bribes from drug traffickers.• The Department of the Interior and many other federal and state natural resource agencies are moving toward this broader approach to conservation. 